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  2. Maclura pomifera - Wikipedia

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    The Osage orange is commonly used as a tree row windbreak in prairie states, which gives it one of its colloquial names, "hedge apple". [6] It was one of the primary trees used in President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Great Plains Shelterbelt" WPA project, which was launched in 1934 as an ambitious plan to modify weather and prevent soil ...

  3. Abscission - Wikipedia

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    This causes the cells of the abscission zone to break apart and the leaf or other plant part to fall off. [6] Another way detachment occurs is through imbibition of water. [ 6 ] The plant cells at the abscission zone will take in a large amount of water, swell, and eventually burst, making the organ fall off. [ 6 ]

  4. Marcescence - Wikipedia

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    Several trees normally have marcescent leaves such as oak (Quercus), [5] beech (Fagus) and hornbeam (Carpinus), or marcescent stipules as in some but not all species of willows . [6] All oak trees may display foliage marcescence, even species that are known to fully drop leaves when the tree is mature. [ 7 ]

  5. OSU Extension: Why Are My Apples Falling Off? - AOL

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  6. Why Apple stock just got a rare downgrade to 'sell' - AOL

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    "Despite the steady melt-up in Apple shares over the past few months, there has actually been a steady drumbeat of bad news," an analyst said Tuesday. Why Apple stock just got a rare downgrade to ...

  7. Isaac Newton's apple tree - Wikipedia

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    The story behind Newton's apple tree can be traced back to Newton's time at Woolsthorpe Manor, his family estate in Lincolnshire, England. [20] [1] [2] During his stay at the manor in 1665 or 1666, it is believed that Newton observed an apple falling from a tree and began pondering the forces that govern such motion. [21]

  8. Drone video shows Michigan home sliced in half by falling ...

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    Drone video captures a home in Michigan being split in two by a falling tree during a large thunderstorm that swept across Michigan earlier this week.

  9. Sooty blotch and flyspeck - Wikipedia

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    Haralson with its typical peel coloration from sooty blotch and flyspeck. Sooty blotch and flyspeck is a descriptive term for a condition of darkly pigmented blemishes and smudges caused by a number of different fungi affecting fruit including apples, pear, persimmon, banana, papaya, and several other cultivated tree and vine crops.